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| Use of prescribed drugs among older people in Japan: association with not having a regular physician | | Author(s) | Yoko Tsuji-Hayashi, Shunichi Fukuhara, Joseph Green |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 47, no 12, December 1999 |
| Pages | pp 1425-1429 |
| Keywords | Drugs ; Usage [services] ; General practitioners ; Japan. |
| Annotation | Minimising the overuse of prescribed drugs among older people is a goal of geriatricians and healthcare policy makers. Indirect evidence indicates that use of prescribed drugs is more common in Japan than in some Western countries, but the actual situation in Japan is unknown. This study aimed to clarify the use of prescribed drugs among older people in Japan, and to examine the association between using many prescribed drugs and not having a regular physician. A cross-sectional questionnaire survey of 617 persons aged 65 years and older was conducted. The questionnaire was returned by 80% of the subjects, 61% of whom were taking at least one prescribed drug. Nearly 30% were taking at least 5 prescribed drugs, and about half of those did not have a regular physician. Compared with those who had a regular physician, those who did not were 2.5 times more likely to be taking at least 5 prescribed drugs. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000306213 A |
| Classmark | LLD: QLD: QT6: 7DT |
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